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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) recently approved a set of revisions to three business grant programs, to better assist small businesses and downtown office users as they create new jobs and invest in commercial spaces.
The CRA board approved changes...

Site Development and Business Development Assistance Grants Awarded at June 22 Meeting
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.— The Delray Beach Office of Economic Development (OED) is pleased to announce the award of two business grants by the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) to local businesses making investments...

City and CRA will host the event January 22nd at 4:30 P.M.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (January 11, 2016) – On Friday, January 22nd at 4:30 P.M., the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), in partnership with the City of Delray Beach, will host a ribbon-cutting...

Monthly workshops announced through March 2016
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency has announced a schedule of monthly pre-application workshops for business grant and incentive programs through March 2016. The next workshop will be held on Monday, December 14, 2015 at 3p.m. at the...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Delray Beach has launched a new virtual hotline for local small businesses. Entrepreneurs and business owners can email requests for assistance and questions directly to smallbizhelp@delraybeach.com to get help with common challenges that many small businesses face, such as finding resources, growing local customers, navigating government...

Delray Beach, FL, October 8, 2015 -- The Delray Beach GreenMarket, a project of the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, opens its 20th season on Saturday, Oct. 31. Operating hours are from 9 am until 2 pm, and the event will be located at Old...

DELRAY BEACH, FL (June 9, 2015) - After 19 years, the Delray Beach GreenMarket is pleased to announce it will now operate the popular weekly event throughout the summer months. Located on the eastern half of the Delray Beach Tennis Center, the Summer GreenMarket will...

Delray Beach, FL, May 26, 2015 – The City of Delray Beach, with its picturesque moniker ‘Village By the Sea,’ has gone through a dramatic economic and cultural renaissance over the past 30 years. Established in 1985 by the City Commission, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)...

GreenMarket Newsletter

Native of Hybart Alabama. Resident of City Of Delray for 27 years. As owner of MAC Express Cleaning Services Inc., I’m both diligent and committed to providing a service of excellence to others. Formally employed with Target Stores and Motorola, has provided me with a unique sense of humanity, a passion to be involved, create positive change and a personal promise to give back to the local communities. It has been my civic duty and responsibility to continue to find the time to give back either through tutoring, mentoring, coaching and or organizing. I not only promise but I am obligated to the citizens of our city to represent the CRA board with dignity and honesty that best serves everyone.

Allen “Sandy” Zeller

Allen “Sandy” Zeller has resided in the City of Delray Beach for 14 years and has actively participated in various community efforts in the City. He has served as President of the Marina Historic District Homeowners Association & was on the Board of the Marina Bay Owners Assn. Mr. Zeller is a lawyer licensed in NJ. Prior to moving full time to Delray Beach, he represented numerous municipal and governmental entities for over 30 years serving as solicitor, planning & zoning board attorney & redevelopment attorney. He looks forward to bringing this past experience to the CRA Board in order to help further the continuing mission of the CRA in the City of Delray Beach.

Prior to entrepreneurship, she led and managed teams at Fortune 500 Companies, such as MBNA America Bank and government entities such as the City of Boynton Beach CRA and West Palm Beach DDA. She has over twenty years of experience in marketing, economic development and strategic planning in the private and public sectors. Her business ownership over the last fifteen years has provided her with a diverse insight into the many aspects of how to run a successful business and has enabled her to speak from experience on a wide variety of topics. These topics include: Marketing, Customer Service, Communication, Time Management, Team Building Decision Making, Goal Setting, Action Plans, Business Growth Strategies, Change Management, Globalization of the Market Place, Building a successful workforce Entrepreneurship of all ages, Managing and Growing a Business and International Marketing.

Education

In Progress:DBA (Doctorate in Business emphasis in Management & Entrepreneurship, University of Liverpool (London, England) Management and Leadership Certification from Harvard University

Earned:

MBA (Masters in Business emphasis in Management) Wilmington University Bachelors of Arts (Mass Communication & French) Lincoln University